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1、Unit2 Book3 Whatdoesthewordfeministmeantoyou?Aman-hatingfemalewhogetsoffendedatcommoncourtesy?Someonewhoinsiststhatwomencanandshoulddoeverythingmendo?Apersonwhoseeswomen'sstrengthsandabilitiesasdifferentfrommen's,butequallyvaluable?Orsomeonewho'ssensitivetotheunfairtreatmentthatwomenhav
2、esufferedforcenturiesandwantstocorrectit?Thefeministmovementhasmadegreatprogressinensuringwomenequallegalrights,butsocialcriticsinmostcountriesagreethatthere'sstillalongwaytogo.Thethreetextsinthisunitexploresomeofthedifficultiesthatbothmenandwomenencounteralongtheroadtoequalrights.TextAchall
3、engesustoexamineourprioritiesandattitudesmoreclosely,whileTextsBandCcontemplatesomeofthecomplicationsofputtingourvisionsofequalrightsintopracticeineverydaylife.TheTitanicPuzzleShouldagoodfeministacceptpriorityseatingonalifeboat?byCharlesKrauthammer You'reontheTitanicII.Ithasjusthitaniceberg
4、andissinking.And,aslasttime,therearenotenoughlifeboats.Thecaptainshouts,“Womenandchildrenfirst!”Butthistime,anothervoiceisheard:“Whywomen?” Why,indeed?PartofthecharmofthesuccessfulmovieTitanicaretheperiodcostumes,theperiodextravagance,andtheperiodprejudices.Anaudiencecanenjoytheseatadistan
5、ce.Oddly,however,ofalltheperiodattitudesinthefilm,theoldmaritimetraditionof“womenandchildrenfirst”enjoystotalacceptancebymodernaudiences.Listentotheaudiencebooatthebadguyswhotrytosneakonthelifeboatswith--oraheadof--theladies. Butisnotgroupingwomenwithchildrenaraginganachronism?Shouldnotany
6、self-respectingmodernperson,letalonefeminist,objecttoitasinsultingtowomen? Yetitsusageisascommontodayasitwasin1912.Considertheseexamplestakenalmostatrandomfromrecentnewspapers: “TheinvadersgunneddowntheIndians,mostofthemwomenandchildren...” “Asmanyas200civilians,mostofthemwomenandchild
7、ren,werekilled...” “AtthemassacreinAhmici103Muslims,including33womenandchildren,werekilled...” Atatimewhenwomenflycombataircraftandrunmulti-nationalcorporations,howcanonenotwincewhenadultwomenareroutinelyclassedwithchildren?InAhmici,itseems,
